Tie nipper



Feb. 3, 1942. w. E. HAlsr ETAL TIE NIPPER Filed Jan. 16, 1941 S f a M mi W v .m7, HW. L 2W v n m \\4 A Patented Feb. 3,

- invention relatesetodeyices :designed to iacilitatethefraising and holding in raised posiytionof heavy objects, andpertains particularly tota tool for` raising and supporting railway ties. y Y

' ;Referring now-morelparticular1yLto Ythedraw.'

ing, the `numeral lf'de'signatesthejhandlelbarfof n' In the nmaintenance ,of,rai1roads,'itxis neces- 'thehandlemar perse.:I y

sary from time to ltirn'e'to remove oldA cross-.ties y and put in new ones,xand the, present vpractice requires the`vl services .of, three'men. Afterthe new tie is pulled in and placed looselyy under the` rails, oneman uusespa bar asv a'pry by placingone end ofr the bar underQthetie and resting the barv upon a suitablefulcrum so as toeifect the lifting of they tie against ther underffside of the rail. While the one yman-is maintaining the tiev in raised positiony againstthe bottom of the rail, this `1 procedure,y being; termed ftie nipping/ the I other bracearm per se. 1-.

the toolswhich,y as shown@ is iormedyfrorn-.aj single length; of. bar materialgpreferably, although; not

necessarily, of l-lform.;

' .Atl one jend, of: thelba f to form they handle'2; i This offset; ofthej handle two men employ spike mauls to drive new spikes f intothetie. j f n i The tool or'device f'ernbodying' the present; invention is designed to-.raise` and hold. the tie. against the rail withoutl requiring the services of a thirdamani-theytool lfunctioning, after-.git lhas been placed under the end ofthe tie and properly v manipulated to bringfthetie into position against the underside `of therailgto maintain the, tie in such position without ,further attention.

, Another objectzof the nventionis to provide a tienipping tool which is lofA simple construcj tion and which toa certain extent operates automatically to establish'a locking grip upon/the tie after the latter has been raised to position where-v A bythe tool will functioncto maintain the tie raised, as stated. A A further Objectis to `provide a relatively simple Vbut strong and durable '-liftingand supportingtool of the lcharacter stated; -which may be readily n employed in any situation Wherea workman finds it necessary to raise and maintain in a desired' raised position lany object upon which he is work- The 'invention Willbe vunderstood from a consideration`4 of the following detailed' descrip' tion taken inlconnection with the accompanying I drawing, itbeing understood, however, that the illustration anddescription constitutes ak pre-vV 'i Thrtop face of. theujaw-.l

vvnurnerall! and, as shownin-Fig. 1', this'face'ex-itends obliquely forwardly-with respect .to-'ftheffy is above the center line of the banasgconsidered Whengthe l*bar isgirijj-horizontal working yposition l and it: permits of the lmore I easy use of the tool for .'Zthegreason; that: th'e .workman operating; the

device. will not l...be required.v tc)l stoop so.; low as would be-zthe caseiifgthegb'ar `were straight toiits rear'end.^v Inladditi'onlri'n multiple track;v territory; this offsettingof the.; handle: will. prevent this end ofthe bar fromfcomingin;contact.with gravel on the parallel track. At :thezotlier or forward endoflthe baril there is formed the; downwardly projecting. foot v3,1which 'is here shown 'asbeingfin the form off an-r openVV frame Lwhich projecvt'ssfrom the centerof the'f bar in theopposite direction-.ofthe ,oifsetghandle 2.( Thisfoot, offcoursegfis upon the vunderside. of thev barfwlienthe latter '.isinmperating position, and itis provided with a relatively long under face.

or .Y sole 4 c'which n extends: rin'r; ther direction of 'the lengthxoffthepbarn:-Integra1..with-the sole `is a f spur or tooth 5 which;extendsjtransversely theree of; the ur'iction.Qfnwhiclri l-will bei to.;bite into'. the.

underlyingfsurfacelto ioffset' any tendency of the- I -sole to slip-when th'e;..tool is in operative position.

i .'I'he forwardfsi'd'efofthe foot extendszpbliquely.

of theb'arand forwardly;asindicatedatImergFA ingint airelatively'bro'ad.sharpened jaw 'lythef width of which: extends transversely' ofthe bar.; Theedgegof this `j'awifis preferably toothed-as indicated at 8,jto facilitate the into the vbody being lifted.

is indicatefdby the i length `ofthe handle, theedge ,of the jaw' being yin alplane above thejtopfof-the'handlelbar...By.`

t Y ,'xsoj Fig.' 1 is .a Viewv inside elevation of the tool.

embodying the invention showing the same iny use.

Eig. 1.

turning down the forward vend kof th' handle bar;A as i indicated `atjil 0,' itwill lbe seen that-'fa relaf tivelyy longv upper surfacepis provided forls'thei jaw, thus permitting the sharpened Vedge of the;

jaw .to be easily yinserted beneath an objectwhich lies? close ij to f the ground*I or. anothery supporting., I surface. il yThejaw thusifiorms with] the forward4 y en d; of the 1 handle Lbar a substantially V-sl'iaped-- Fig.- 4 is a 'planvi'ew pocket in which an edge of the object to be lifted may be located prior to the performance of the lifting operation.

Rearwardly from the head 3 the handle bar is of slightly increased width, as indicated at II, and extending transversely through this widened portion is a pivot pin I2.

The numeral I3 designates a brace arm which at its rear end is forked or bifuroated, each of the furcations being indicated by the numeral I4, to straddle the portion II of the handle bar. Upon the inner face of each furcation I4, a lug or shoulder1 I5 is formed to contact the side faces of the web portion of the bar when the same is of T-formation as shown, so as to establish a firm contact between the ends of the furcations and the sides of the handle bar. The furcations are provided with suitable apertures I6 which pass through the shoulders I and these are alined with a suitable passage I1 formed through the handle bar to receive the pivot bolt or pin l2r in the manner shown. In this manner the brace arm I3 is pivotally coupled with the bar.

At its free or forward end the brace arm is broadened to form, or has secured thereto, a relatively wide jaw I8 which is longitudinally curved slightly, as shown, towardy the fixed jaw 1. This movable or bracingjaw may. be toothed along its free sharp edge, as indicated at I9, so as to obtain a good bite into the object upon which the nipper is used,

The pivot bolt I2 extends transversely of the bar, as shown, and thus the jaws may be moved together for cooperative action, as will be` readilyy seen, this cooperative action being facilitated by the fact that the jaws are arrangedso that their sharpened or toothed edges are in convergent relation, particularly when the bracing arm is moved or swung down toward the handle bar.

'Ihe disposition of the .arm I3 upon the handle bar is such that when the jaws are swung entirely together, the toothed edge of the bracing jaw IB will over-reach or extend slightly beyond the toothed edge of the fixed jaw 'I. the handle bar is horizontally disposed, when in use, the toothed edges of the jaws may be made to occupy a position in the same vertical plane or a plane which is perpendicular to the handle bar.

In the use of the present implement the arm I3 is rst'thrown back away from the forward end of the Yhandle bar and the iixedv jaw 1 is' inserted beneath the tie or other object to be lifted. In Fig. 1 the tie is shown engaged by the tool and the tie is indicated by the numeral 2l). The outer end or handle end 2 of the. bar I is then forced downwardly, thev bar pivoting or fulcruming on the sole 4, or if the foot is upon a hard surface, upon the spur 5. In this manner it will be seen that the tie or other object will be lifted from the ground or supporting surface. After the edge ofthe fixed tooth has been engaged beneath the object, the brace arm may be swung forwardly to bring the bracing jaw into position against the adjacent side of the object and thus when the handle bar is swung downwardly and the object lifted,the toothed edge of the bracing jaw I8 will slide down the said adjacent surface of the object. When the object has been raised to the desired height, the downward pressure can be released from the handlebar and the weight of the object will tend to cause the foot to rock back to its initial position,

and this will cause the toothed edge of thebracing jaw to bite into the surface. of the object Thus When and hold it from returning to its former position, thus maintaining the object supported by the foot of the tool in the manner illustrated in Fig. l.

While the nipper has been illustrated and described in connection with a railway tie, it will be readily apparent that it may be used for various other purposes as, for example, by a carpenter for maintaining a door in a. desired raised position while fitting and applying hinges, and for other similar purposes. It will be readily recognized that various other uses rmay be made of the tool besides the ones particularly referred What is claimed is: 1, AAn implement of the character stated, comprising a handle bar, said bar having a portion at one end offset from its longitudinal center to provide a handle, means integral with the bar at its other end and extendinglfrorn the longitudinal center inthe opposite direction from the direction of offset for the handle,lproviding'a fulcrum foot, said fulcrum4 foot having a sole surface extending lengthwise: of the bar, an obliquely directed jaw extending `f-romvthe end of the bar adjacent. the fulcrum foot and away from the foot, a bracing arm pivotally coupled with the bar rearwardly from said foot and having a -jaw at its free end, said jaw beingslightly arcuately curved and being movable toward rthe first jaw for cooperative action therewith, and a spur lextending across the sole of said foot.

2. An implement of the character stated, comprising a handle bar, said bar having a portionl at one end offset from its longitudinal center to provide a handle, means integral with the bar at its other end and extending from the longitudinal center in the opposite direction from'the direction of offset for .the handle, vproviding a fulcrum foot, said fulcrum footv having a sole surface extending lengthwise of' the bar, a jaw forming an extension of said fulcrumfoot and directed obliquely from the forward endV ofthe bar, said fulcrum foot having. a forward side merging. with one face of the jaw and extending obliquely with respect to the handle bar, the jaw having an upper face coacting withan angular forward end portion of the handle bar to form a substantially V-shaped recessfacrossthe handle bar behind the jaw, a bracing arm pivotally coupled with the handle. bar for-oscillation upon an axis extending transversely'thereof, .said axis being located rearwardly of the foot, and a jaw formed at the free end of said bracing armV for cooperative action with said first jaw.

3. A device for lifting an 'object at one side while the opposite sidevis resting on a supporting4 surface and maintaining saidy one side lifted, comprising-an elongated'body, means at one end of the body for engagement under the object,y means connected with thebody forming a supporting fulcrum adjacent to the object engaging means, a rigid arm pivotally coupled' .at one end to the body at ythe side of theA fulcrumremote from the object engaging means, vand means at the other end of the'arm formed to bear againstA the said one side of the object, one'of the last' the body against reverse oscillation without con-v tinual manual effort.

4. A devicefor lifting an object at one yside While the opposite sideis resting on a supporting surface and maintaining said one side lifted,

comprising a bar, a jaw at one iend for engagement under the object to be lifted, a fulcrumf foot carried by the bar adjacent the jaw, a rigid arm pivotally attached at kone end to the bar, a rela-v tively broad bracing jaw at the other end of the arm having a portion directed longitudinallyof the arm for contact with the said one side of the object, the arm being adapted to be'disposed as a bracing bridging means across the angle between the bar and the said one side of the ob-y ject when the bracing jaw is against said one side whereby the force of the weight of the object on the first jaw tending to reyerselyv oscillate' the bar after its oscillation on the fulcrum to raise f the object, istransmitted through thearm to the bar at the side of the fulcrumk` remote from the first jaw to hold the bar and object against reverse oscillation Without continual manual efj fort, the breadth of the bracing jaw'fassisting in stabilizing the device against side rocking.

v 5.1.A device foriifting n object at one side While the opposite side' is resting on a supporting surface and maintaining said 'side lifted, comprising a bar, means at an end of thebar for engaging beneath the object adjacentsaid'one side, meansforming a fulcrum foot adjacent the rst means `facilitatingrocking the other end of the bar downward in a Vertical plane to raise the object, -a rigid Aarm straight throughout substan tially its entire length and having ,one end pivf otallyattached to the bar at a materially greater `versely'rock the bary will be transmitted by the arm tothe bar at the side of the fulcrum away from ,the object to hold the other end of the arm down without continual manual effort.

, WADETE. HAIST.

PERNAL F. THOMAS. 

